We all read books that resonate with us in one way or another. Some of us have a favourite genre, others more eclectic tastes jumping from one genre to another (that's me - hand up!). As many of my followers will attest, I love a novel called Ferny by James Long. To say I am obsessive about this narrative, that I reread reularly, would be an understatement as you can see from my review:

This story is one I return to on a regular basis - Ferney & Gally are real people to me now!
James Long's superb skill in creating believeable characters and their connection makes this story one of a kind.

It is essentially a love story, but across time and has a reincarnation theme so the characters meet over and over across decades. The blurb details it better: When Mike and Gally move to a new cottage in Somerset, it’s to make a new start. But the relationship comes under strain when Gally forms an increasingly close attachment to an old countryman, Ferney, who seems to know everything about her. What is it that draws them together? Reluctantly at first, then with more urgency as he feels time slipping away, Ferney compels Gally to understand their connection - and to face an inexplicable truth about their shared past.

For me, Ferney, put into a story context a fascination I have in reincarnation since the early days of my nursing career. It is a topic I have researched and have been interested in for decades. But not only that, it is the finding of their soulmate after years of searching - one with the certainty of prior knowledge, the other from an unknown soul deep longing. We all want an everlasting love that defies time.

Each time I reread this novel, I can picture the location, the places they live, what they look like - in truth they are more than favourite characters, they are friends.

My own homage to this favoured book is The Twesome Loop. It is set in two time periods.

Blurb: Is it possible to change our destiny, break free from the echoes of our past lives? The Twesome Loop is an erotic romance novel with a reincarnation twist.

A picturesque Italian Villa holds a hidden past of a pact that cannot be broken - a secret untold. Passion, pleasure, and pain play their part as seemingly chance meetings reveal secrets and hidden agendas. One dark secret is coupled with a burning desire to extract revenge. It will see four guests re-living their past lives - for love, for lust, and for revenge.

Who will win and who will lose?

https://www.amazon.ca/Twesome-Loop-Mandy-Eve-Barnett/dp/1988723078

Similar to the novels, The Time Travelers Wife, or My Names is Memory, or Mariana.

Is there a book you regularly return to? What makes it so special?

P.S. I was asked about the title of this novel - I made up the word Twesome it is the name of something important in the story.